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Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- william.barlow@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274633
- Office Address
School of Education, MacRobert Building, Room 522, King's College, Aberdeen AB24 5UA
(:00 44 1224-274633 (direct)
+: William.Barlow@abdn.ac.uk
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/education- School/Department
- School of Education
Biography
My research uses drama education and theatre approaches. I primarily work with students and young people though I have extensive experience of working in non-institutional contexts with a range of adult groups. My interests and experience include the theory, policy and practice of education and life transitions, site-specific theatre, reminiscence theatre, care experienced education, CLPL for teachers, theatre and drama workers and creative education.
Prior to Joining the School of Education in 2016, I worked at the University of Plymouth (lecturer in Education) and as a Faculty Head of Expressive Arts in the west coast of Scotland. I have experience of working with young people, adults and senior communities throughout the United Kingdom and abroad. Previously, I was a chairperson in the South East of Glasgow's Children's Panel and have worked with looked after children (including accommodated) across Scotland. My community education work includes young offenders, prison education and additional support needs learning and teaching (public and private sectors). I have consulted, written and examined for the SQA. Moreover, I consult for theatre companies and education departments in Scotland and abroad.
I guest lecture for several higher education institutions at home and abroad.
At the University of Aberdeen, I undertake the following duties:
PGDE Drama Secondary and Primary curriculum
MA 3 Professional Focus input for Educational Drama
MA 4 Primary Drama curriculum
MSC Educational Research
Professional studies tutor
Personal tutor
Post-graduate supervision and teaching
TQFE tutor
Leader of Expressive Arts
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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EdD development
Internationalisation
Pedagogy and digital learning
Short life working group - assessment
External engagement
- External Memberships
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GTCS
FHEA
Specialist examiner - RCS
External examiner - Rose Bruford College (Actor musicianship and Theatre for young audiences)
Editorial board member International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions
Standing Committee Initial Teacher Education for Drama
Reviewer for the following journals:
- Research in Drama in Education (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/crde20/current)
- Innovative Teaching and Learning (http://www.global-sci.com/itl)
- National Drama (http://www.nationaldrama.org.uk/journal/)
Prizes and Awards
Santander award
AHRC - CI
- Research
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Research Overview
Drama in Education, Primary-Secondary Transition, Looked After (and Accommodated) Children's Education, Inclusive Pedagogy, Creative/Aesthetic Pedagogies and Teacher Education.
Current Research
I seek to integrate my research and teaching by working with a range of practitioners. Currently, I am researching primary-secondary transition and drama conventions, site specific theatre, reminiscence theatre and intergenerational learning.
Collaborations
I work with a range of practitioners (local, national and international) to develop my research and praxis.
Recently, I have worked (and/or continuing to work) with the following collaborators (this list is not exhaustive):
Aberdeen City Creative Learning - Senior Drama Group
School based Drama departments across the country
National Theatre of Scotland
Visible Fictions Theatre Company
Perth Repertory Theatre
Dundee Repertory Theatre
Out of the blue Theatre Company
Tony Goode (chief collaborator)
Education Scotland
SQA
SFA
Dr Mark Harvey - University of Auckland
University of Strathclyde - visiting tutor on undergraduate and postgraduate ITE
University of Plymouth
University of Dundee - Professor Divya Jindal-Snape (Primary-Secondary transitional learning)
New York University - Educational Drama
Funding and Grants
Recently, I have won a Santander Motability Award. This fully funded award has enabled me to visit New York University Educational Drama Department.
I was a CI on a recent AHRC grant to create a devised site specific promenade piece of theatre with senior citizens. This devised piece was based upon the history of the colony site based at Bennachie (a site of historical interest).
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Undergraduate
Co-ordinator Drama Distance Learning Initial Teacher Education (DLITE)
Programme
ED2056 MA2 Workshop leader for MA2 Creativity Conference
ED302C MA3 Professional Focus Option Educational Drama
Postgraduate
ED402A learning and teaching in schools: developing professional practice 1 (PGDE)
ED452A learning and teaching in schools: developing professional practice 2 (PGDE)
ED40XI learning and teaching in schools (DRAMA)
ED40XZ learning and teaching in schools: (PRIMARY)
Postgraduate research students
Guest Lecturer:
New York Univeristy
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS)
University of Strathclyde
- Publications
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Bennachie and me: a site-specific, promenade, interactive community drama project, devised and performed in the North-East of Scotland
Drama Research: international journal of drama in education, vol. 15, no. 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDrama Conventions in Educational and Applied Settings
Education in the North, vol. 31, no. 2Contributions to Journals: EditorialsMapping the methodological quality of international primary-secondary transitions research literature: A systematic methodological review.
International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions, vol. 2, no. 1, 25Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk/esw-ijelt/2023/12/18/latest-article-mapping-the-methodological-quality-of-international-primary-secondary-transitions-research-literature-a-systematic-methodological-review/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijelt.74
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22896/1/Hannah_etal_IJETL_Mapping_The_Methodological_VoR.pdf
Making the leap
Drama & Theatre, vol. 2023/24, pp. 25Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles- [ONLINE] https://www.dramaandtheatre.co.uk/features/article/from-primary-to-secondary-drama-aiding-the-leap
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22366/1/025_DT_2023-24_SPR1_Primary_Drama_as_transition_tool_HF_DDP_Edited_-3.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://www.dramaandtheatre.co.uk/
- [ONLINE] https://www.dramaandtheatre.co.uk/features/article/from-primary-to-secondary-drama-aiding-the-leap
International insights into how can we improve children’s emotional wellbeing over primary-secondary school transitions?
The Psychology of Education Review, vol. 47, no. 2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMultiple and Multi-dimensional Primary-Secondary School Transitions: Using Drama to Facilitate Transitions
Non-textual Forms: Digital or Visual Products- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.20392/nx7a-bj66
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21599/1/Primary-Secondary_Transitions.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21599/2/Primary-Secondary_Transitions_mobile_friendly.pdf
- [ONLINE] Discovery - the University of Dundee Research Portal
School transitions in human and adolescent development
Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Elsevier, pp. 306-313, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Looking at Post-McCrone Management Structures in Scottish Schools
Scottish Educational Research Association: Annual Conference 2022Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [ONLINE] Conference website
Could drama smooth the transition to secondary school?
Contributions to Specialist Publications: Featured Articles- [ONLINE] TES Magazine
Scotland's Youth Theatre and Drama Sector
The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Young People. Busby, S., Freebody, K., Rajendran, C. (eds.). 1st edition. Taylor and Francis, pp. 125-131, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Primary-Secondary Transition – Building Hopes and Diminishing Fears Through Drama
Transitions Through Education. Hannah, E. F. S., Jindal-Snape, D. (eds.). Frontiers S.A., pp. 71-87Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Forging New Realities: Using Drama Conventions and Poetry to Explore the Issue of Terrorism
English in Education, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 174-185Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConceptualising primary-secondary school transitions: A systematic mapping review of worldviews, theories and frameworks
Frontiers In Education, vol. 6, 540027Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrimary-secondary transition – building hopes and diminishing fears through drama
Frontiers in Education, vol. 5, 546243Contributions to Journals: Articles‘We ur al aff tae th’ big schuil’: pupils' and teachers’ views and experiences on using Drama Conventions to support primary-secondary transition
Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education , vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 893-908Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2019.1668819
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16091/1/Barlow_Edu3_We_ur_al_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Context and Implications Document for: Systematic Literature Review of Primary‒Secondary Transitions: International Research
Review of Education, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 567-569Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3198
Systematic literature review of primary-secondary transitions: International research
Review of Education, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 526-566Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLife transitions: A ‘Covid-19’ pregnancy
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesDrama
Scottish Education. Bryce, T. G. K., Humes, W. M., Gillies, D., Kennedy, A. (eds.). 5th edition. Edinburgh University PressChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Learning drama from age 3 to 18
DRAMA - Nordisk dramapedagogisk tidsskrift, vol. 3, pp. 32-33Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDrama Education
Scottish Education: Fourth Edition: Referendum. Bryce, T. G. K., Humes, W. M., Gillies, D., Kennedy, A. (eds.). 4 edition. Edinburgh University PressChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Advancing Professionalism in Teaching? An exploration of the mobilisation of the concept of professionalism in the McCormac Report on the Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland.
Scottish Educational Review, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 3-13Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing Educational Drama to improve outcomes for looked-after children.
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, pp. 24 - 35Contributions to Journals: Articles